USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • UniversiTy of SouThern California 2012 WOMEN’S WATER POLO USC Sports Information 3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] 2012 NCAA TOURNAMENT • MAY 11-13 USC Shifts Into High Gear For NCAA Championship Race Women of Troy take aim at a 2012 national championship this week in San Diego. THIS WEEK 2012 Schedule/ResulTs The Women of Troy are on the hunt for the program’s fourth national championship this weekend as USC revisits Date Opponent Time/Result the site of its latest NCAA title for the 2012 NCAA Championships. The No. 3 seed for this year’s tournament, the Stanford Invitational Trojans (21-5) set up camp at the Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego, Calif., this week for NCAA action running May 11-13. Feb. 4 ^#5 San Jose State W 14-6 Looking to duplicate the championship run they made in 2010 in San Diego, the Trojans open up the 2012 tourney ^at #1 Stanford L 8-7 against No. 6 seed Princeton (28-4) at 1:45 p.m. on Friday (May 11). A win there would push USC into the 5:15 p.m. Feb. 5 ^#14 UC Davis W 13-6 semifinal against either No. 2 seeded UCLA or No. 7 seed Iona on Saturday (May 12). The national championship ^#2 California W 10-5 match is set for 5:15 p.m. on Sunday (May 13), preceded by the 3:30 p.m. third-place game. Lancer Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) IN THE RANKINGS Feb. 17 @Pacific W 14-2 USC opened 2012 tied at No. 3 in the nation alongside UCLA, but moved up to No. 2 on Feb. 8. The Trojans are back @Fresno Pacific W 27-1 at the No. 3 position again in the latest national rankings. Feb. 18 @at Cal Baptist W 12-3 @Concordia W 18-6 BY THE NUMBERS Feb. 23 #6 HAWAI’I * W 12-6 Entering the 2012 NCAA competition, USC has outscored its opponents 291-133 to average 11.2 goals scored and UCI Invitational 5.1 goals-against per game ranking third in the MPSF in offense and No. 2 in defense. Sophomore Kaleigh Gilchrist Feb. 25 %#20 Long Beach State W 11-3 is USC’s top scorer with 43 goals to date, followed by freshman Monica Vavic with 34 goals. Not far behind her are %#10 LMU W 8-6 junior Patricia Jancso with 28 and senior Nadia Dan with 25. Dan hit her 100th career goal on March 22 vs. Long Feb. 26 %#3 UCLA L 8-7 Beach State and now ranks No. 19 all-time with 107. Jancso got to 100 on Feb. 23 in USC’s win over Hawai’i, and %#4 California W 9-6 now holds 118 career goals to rank No. 15 as a Trojan. March 3 #1 UCLA * L 6-5 NCAA NOTES March 9 #6 SAN DIEGO STATE * W 13-5 USC has won three national championships in program history, with the first coming in 1999 before the NCAA March 22 LONG BEACH STATE W 7-3 sponsored women’s water polo. In 2004, the Trojans posted the first-ever undefeated season on the way to captur- March 24 at #4 Arizona State * W 9-7 ing the 2004 NCAA title. USC’s third title came in 2010 in a championship win over Stanford. USC has since finished March 25 #7 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W 10-6 third in 2005 and 2007, placed second in 2006, 2008 and 2009, and was fourth in 2011. This year marks USC’s ninth March 28 #19 HARTWICK W 19-5 consecutive NCAA appearance and ninth overall, March 31 #5 CALIFORNIA * W 10-7 as the Trojans hold a 16-7 all-time record in NCAA All-Time Records vs. April 6 at #8 San Jose State * W 8-5 tournament play. April 7 at #2 Stanford * L 9-8 (ot) 2012 NCAA Teams April 20 CSU BAKERSFIELD W 23-5 BRACKET BREAKDOWN THROUGH MAY 7, 2012 MPSF Tournament (Stanford, Calif.) No. 3 seed USC is one of eight teams lined up for USC’s Record April 27 $[6] San Jose State W 8-1 postseason play in San Diego. The Trojans earned [Seed] Opponent W L (Streak) In NCAA Tourn. April 28 $[2] UCLA L 4-3 an at-large berth this season after finishing third [1] Stanford 24 25 (L6) 2-2 April 29 $[5] California W 6-4 in MPSF competition with its only losses this year [2] UCLA 18 44 (L6) 0-5 NCAA Tournament (San Diego, Calif.) coming in one-goal decisions to top seed Stanford [4] UC Irvine 19 3 (W19) 1-0 May 11 ![6] Princeton 1:45 p.m. and No. 2 seed UCLA. Receiving automatic bids [5] LMU 23 0 (W23) 2-0 May 12 ![2] UCLA / [7] Iona TBA into the 2012 tournament are five teams that [6] Princeton 1 0 (W1) 0-0 May 13 !TBD TBA clinched their NCAA tickets by winning confer- ence championships. Defending NCAA champion [7] Iona 0 0 (--) 0-0 Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium) [8] Pomona-Pitzer 4 0 (W4) 0-0 * MPSF game and top-seeded Stanford (23-2) earned an at-large berth this year after No. 2 seed UCLA (21-3) claimed the MPSF’s automatic qualifier with a win Overall NCAA Tournament Record*: 16-7 over the Cardinal in the conference championship *NCAA Tournament began in 2001 match. The four other conference champions join- ing the NCAA field for 2012 are: No. 4 seed UC PAST NCAA APPEARANCES (8) Irvine (24-6, Big West Conference); No. 5 seed 2004: 1st place (2-0) 2008: 2nd place (2-1) ^ StanfordMay 11-13 Invitational • Aztec @ Aquaplex Lancer Invite (San (hosted Diego, by Cal Calif.) Baptist) % UCI Invitational (Irvine, Calif.) Loyola Marymount (20-9, Western Water Polo As- def. Hartwick 12-4 def. Michigan 12-3 FIRST$ MPSF ROUND Tourn. (hosted (Friday, by Stanford) May 11) sociation); No. 6 seed Princeton (28-4, Collegiate def. Loyola Marymount 10-8 def. Stanford 10-6 Game! NCAA 1 —Champs [2] UCLA (hosted vs. by [7] San Iona Diego St.) 12 p.m. Water Polo Association; No. 7 seed Iona (24-11, lost to UCLA 6-3 Game 2 — [3] USC vs. [6] Princeton 1:45 p.m. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) and No. 8 2005: 3rd place (2-1) Game 3 — [1] Stanford vs. [8] Pomona-Pitzer 3:30 p.m. seed Pomona-Pitzer (21-16, Southern California def. Redlands 18-2 2009: 2nd place (2-1) Game 4 — [4] UC Irvine vs. [5] LMU 5:15 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). lost to Stanford 5-4 def. Cal Lutheran 22-2 def. Hawai’i 17-5 SEMIFINALS (Saturday, May 12) TROJANS TO DATE def. Hawai’i 11-6 lost to UCLA 5-4 This year’s squad of Trojans boasts several mem- Game 5 — Losers Game 1 & 2 12 p.m. 2006: 2nd place (2-1) Game 6 — Losers Game 3 & 4 1:45 p.m. bers of its 2010 NCAA title-winning team, includ- 2010: CHAMPION (3-0) def. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 27-2 Semifinal 1 — Winners Game 3 & 4 3:30 p.m. ing seniors Nadia Dan and Kara-Leigh Huse and def. Marist 20-5 Semifinal 2 — Winners Game 1 & 2 5:15 p.m. juniors Patricia Jancso and Dominique Sardo. def. Hawai’i 9-7 def. Loyola Marymount 10-6 Four more Trojans -- Constance Hiller, Nicolina lost to UCLA 9-8 def. Stanford 10-9 FINALS (Sunday, May 13) McCall, Blair Moody and Chelsea Silvers -- also 7th Place — Losers Game 5 & 6 12 p.m. were freshmen on the USC roster in 2010. To go 2007: 3rd place (2-1) 2011: 4th place (1-2) 5th Place — Winners Game 5 & 6 1:45 p.m. with that base of championship experience, the def. Hartwick 20-5 def. UC Irvine 14-9 3rd Place — Semifinal Losers 3:30 p.m. 2012 Women of Troy are led in scoring and de- lost to UCLA 7-6 lost to Stanford 8-4 Championship — Semifinal Winners 5:15 p.m. — more — def. San Diego State 13-6 lost to UCLA 6-5 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo fensively by a strong group of younger players. Sopho- of the Week pick on April 2. Gilchrist scored her second more Kaleigh Gilchrist is USC’s top scorer with 43 goals and third straight multiple-goal games starting with a 2012 HONORS & AWARDS to date, and freshman Monica Vavic is next with 34. hat trick vs. Hartwick before plugging in two more goals Sophomore goalie Flora Bolonyai has been a power in in USC’s MPSF win over No. 5 California. Gilchrist was All-MPSF First Team: the cage, having averaged over 10 saves per game at dominant at 2-meters in both games as she helped USC Monica VAvic the MPSF Championships and standing tall as a 2012 extend its win streak to six games. Gilchrist’s scoring ex- Olympian-to-be as a member of the Hungarian National plosion has her leading USC with 43 goals to date. All-MPSF Second Team: Team. In all, head coach Jovan Vavic has a well-rounded BOLONYAI NETS FIRST MPSF PLAYER OF THE WEEK squad ready to take aim at the 2012 NCAA crown. In its Flora Bolonyai Sophomore goalie Flora Bolonyai hauled in her first Kaleigh Gilchrist 21-5 overall record to date, USC’s only losses this year career honor as MPSF Player of the Week on March have been one-goal decisions to Stanford and UCLA. 26 after an outstanding week of action in the cage for THIS TIME LAST YEAR the Women of Troy. She was the first Trojan to win the All-MPSF USC held an 18-6 overall record entering the 2011 award this season. A two-time MPSF Newcomer of the Honorable Mention: NCAA Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., as the No. 4 Week as a freshman, Bolonyai matched her career high Colleen O’Donnell seed in the tournament. An at-large team after a fifth- of 13 saves in an important MPSF road win over No. 4 place finish at the 2011 MPSF Tournament, the Trojans ASU. The sophomore standout delivered 11 saves in the Dominique Sardo opened the NCAA competition with a 14-9 win over UC second half of play in Tempe, including six in the fourth Irvine in the first round. In the semifinals, USC lost 8-4 period to go with a shutout effort in that frame as No. 3 All-MPSF Newcomer Team: to top-seeded Stanford, which went on to win the 2011 USC beat the host Sun Devils 9-7. In USC’s three games Monica VAvic crown. In the third-place game, USC was edged by UCLA during the week, Bolonyai averaged 9.7 saves per game, 6-5. Patricia Jancso led USC with six goals in all, with tallying 10 in a 7-3 win over Long Beach State before the • • • • • • • • • Dominique Sardo adding five. Defensively, goalie Flora career-high 13 saves at ASU. And in a 10-6 USC win over MPSF Mikasa Bolonyai averaged 10 saves per game. With the fourth- No. 7 LMU, Bolonyai had six saves including one stop Player of the Week (2): place finish, USC wrapped up 2011 with a 19-8 overall against a 5-meter penalty shot by the Lions. record to come up short of a 20-win season for the first Flora Bolonyai (March 26) CHAMPIONSHIP BASE Kaleigh Gilchrist (April 2) time since 1997. USC is just one season removed from the 2010 national MPSF RUNDOWN championship year, which eight current players experi- • • • • • • • • • USC took third at the 2011 MPSF Championships with enced. Seniors Nadia Dan and Kara-Leigh Huse were MPSF Mikasa a 6-4 win over No. 5 seed California to rebound from a sophomores in that campaign, and the rest are now tense 4-3 loss to No. 2 seed UCLA in the semifinals. The juniors, giving Vavic a powerful base of knowledge to Newcomer of the Week: Bruins managed a go-ahead goal with 3 seconds left in tap into as he constructs a a defensive-minded squad Savannah Fletcher (Feb. 21) regulation to break up the defensive battle in the semis. to get the Trojans back on top. USC’s top scorer in 2011, • • • • • • • • • No. 3 seeded USC had opened the tournament with an Patricia Jancso and fellow junior Dominique Sardo impressive 8-1 win over San Jose State in the first round were impact players as freshmen during that 2010 MPSF All-Tourn. Team: to make its first defensive statement of the postseason. championship run. Constance Hiller, Nicolina McCall, Monica Vavic In all, USC goalie Flora Bolonyai averaged over 10 saves Blair Moody and Chelsea Silvers also got plenty of pool that same day, and then hit one more with a goal against a game for the Trojan defense, while the offense saw time as freshmen that year and even more last season Concordia on Feb. 18. Patricia Jancso and Monica Vavic each finish with four as sophomores. Now, that pack of upperclassmen are goals in the tourney. Also the provider of several assists charged with putting that know-how and skill to good BACK IN ACTION to her teammates, Vavic was named to the 2011 MPSF use this year. That pack of eight juniors and seniors have USC returns 65 percent of its scoring from last year, in- All-Tournament Team. contributed 135 goals to date, accounting for 46 percent cluding two of its top-three scorers from 2011 in junior Patricia Jancso and senior Nadia Dan, who combined TROJANS TAKE OVER LONDON of USC’s total scoring. for 83 goals last season. Dan and Jancso both earned All- USC’s sophomore goalie Flora Bolonyai has helped NEW CREW American honors in 2011 along with sophomore goalie Team Hungary to a place at the coming 2012 Olympic USC’s class of newcomers is a powerful group. Jovan Flora Bolonyai, who anchored the Trojans in every game Games in London thanks to a resounding win over Ka- Vavic has combined the strength of Eike Daube at two- to the tune of 7.9 saves per game and 6.7 goals-against zakhstan. The quarterfinal round at the Women’s Water meters and Monica Vavic as an insightful distributor per game. Along with Bolonyai back in the cage, USC Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was intense, with scoring ability with the quickness of transfer Olivia also has 13 players back in the water who tallied at least with semifinal slots also securing a place in London. By Cummins and freshman drivers Michelle Caron and Sa- one goal for the Women of Troy in 2011. the time the water settled in Trieste, Italy, the Olympic vannah Fletcher, to set up the Trojans for a youth move- women’s water polo field was complete. Along with ment toward success. Led by Vavic’s 34 goals to date, BRONZE FOR BOLONYAI Flora Bolonyai’s Hungary team, former Trojan Sofia that group of five newbies have accounted for 69 goals Sophomore goalie Flora Bolonyai brings back some Konoukh has helped Russia qualify as well, putting Ko- for the Trojans this year (24 percent). hardware from overseas as she now jumps into colle- giate waters with her Women of Troy. As the linchpin noukh in position for her fourth Olympic appearance. SOPHOMORE STRENGTH of the Hungarian National Team’s defense, Bolonyai Konoukh had to face off against two other former Tro- Versatility has been an important counter punch for the helped her team to a bronze medal at the European jans in the crucial quarterfinal round, as Russia edged Trojans, who can now follow up the more experienced Championships in January 2012 in the Netherlands. In out Canada for the semifinal spot and trip to London. Ca- defensive system on one end with a blend of offensive doing so, Hungary moves on to fight for a spot in the nadians Joelle Bekhazi and Rosanna Tomiuk are recent strategies going the opposite direction. The sopho- London Olympic Games with a spot at April’s Olympic USC grads. Another former Trojan, Ilse van der Meijden more savvy of Kaleigh Gilchrist, Colleen O’Donnell and Qualification Tournament. Bolonyai started her decorat- of the Netherlands, also came up just short of an Olym- Madeline Rosenthal — who combined for 35 goals as ed debut with Hungary’s Senior National Team earlier in pic spot when the Dutch team lost in the quarterfinals. freshmen — have more than doubled their output as the year as she picked up honors as the Best Goalie of van der Meijden and the Netherlands won gold in 2008 sophomores to 75 goals to date (26 percent). O’Donnell the Tournament at the 2012 Thetis Cup before moving in Beijing. So with Olympic qualification now under her and Rosenthal got extra experience in the offseason into this latest major competition with Hungary at the cap, Flora Bolonyai is now set to return to USC to rejoin as members of the U.S. Junior National Team, along European Championships. the Women of Troy for the coming MPSF Tournament with junior Dominique Sardo, at the FINA Junior World next week to fight for a place at the 2012 NCAA Tourna- Championships. Sophomore Jennifer Stiefel also was 2011 RECAP ment. In addition to Bolonyai (Hungary) and Konoukh there, playing for Germany, as well as fellow sophomore After graduating five All-Americans from its 2010 NCAA (Russia), the USA Olympic roster -- due to be announced Flora Bolonyai, who won silver with Team Hungary. Championship team, the 2011 Trojans finished 19-8 next month -- could well contain three more Trojans. overall and 4-3 in MPSF play with a fourth-place finish MAKING HER MPSF MARK Tumua Anae, Kami Craig and Lauren Wenger were all at the NCAA Tournament. Five Trojans earned All-Amer- USC freshman Savannah Fletcher scored seven goals members of the U.S. squad that secured Olympic quali- ican honors, with seniors Joelle Bekhazi and Kristen in USC’s first two games at the Lancer Invitational and fication earlier by means of winning the Pan-American Dronberger pocketing their third straight All-American finished with a team-high eight at the two-day event as Games. The complete 2012 Olympic women’s water awards. The duo was joined by three other teammates USC picked up four more wins to improve to 7-1 on the polo field is: Australia, China, Hungary, Italy, Great Brit- on the All-American list — Flora Bolonyai, Nadia Dan year. For her outstanding work for the Women of Troy, ain, Russia, Spain and United States. and Patricia Jancso. Jancso, Bekhazi, Dan and Dronberg- Fletcher was named MPSF Newcomer of the Week, er were USC’s top four scorers, respectively. Bolonyai GILCHRIST GOES BIG FOR MPSF HONORS making her the first USC player this season to wina was USC’s wall in the cage, earning herself All-America Sophomore Kaleigh Gilchrist secured USC with back-to- weekly award from the conference. On Feb. 17 in Riv- honors in her first season as a Trojan. USC outscored op- back MPSF Player of the Week honors, following fellow erside, Fletcher went big in game one, punching in four ponents 280-188, averaging 10.3 goals per game offen- sophomore Flora Bolonyai’s selection on March 26 by to lead the Trojans to a 14-2 win over Pacific. She fol- sively and 7.0 goals against per game defensively. emerging as the MPSF’s best of the week with her Player lowed that up with a hat trick next against Fresno Pacific 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
FIVE TROJANS LAND FIRST ALL-MPSF AWARDS VAVIC ON DECK Vavic, Bolonyai, Gilchrist, Sardo & O’Donnell are first-time honorees Head coach Jovan Vavic, one of the top water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and MONICA VAVIC: All-MPSF First Team • All-MPSF Newcomer Team • MPSF All-Tournament Team women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, True freshman Monica Vavic stands out as USC’s second leading scorer with 34 goals to date -- not to and has led both teams to national champi- onships three times in the same school year mention the plethora of USC goals she has set up thanks to her savvy for assists. A driver who has scored in (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 10-time 21 games this season with 10 multiple-goal outings so far, Vavic shines as USC’s only 2012 All-MPSF First National Coach of the Year, he boasts a grand total of 10 combined national titles -- including Team member. With 11 goals scored in USC’s MPSF regular season, Vavic also has secured her place on a current four-year run with the USC men -- and has coached nine Cutino Award winners. the All-MPSF Newcomer Team to go along with last weekend’s selection to the MPSF All-Tournament Team. In the calendar year of 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, following 2010 Nation- al and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the FLORA BOLONYAI & KALEIGH GILCHRIST: All-MPSF Second Team women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the On the 2012 All-MPSF Second Team are two Trojan sophomores responsible for two different aspects of the Trojan men to their third consecutive national USC gameplan. Sophomore goalie Flora Bolonyai took a week away from Troy to qualify for the 2012 Olym- championship. The USC women’s 25-3 overall mark in pic Games with the Hungarian National Team, and is also the linchpin of the Trojan defense this season. A 2010 culminated in the women’s program’s third national championship. In 2011, USC 2011 All-American Honorable Mention recipient, this is her first honor on an All-MPSF team. She is averaging made its eighth straight trip to the NCAA Tour- 8.4 saves per game and a meager 5.1 goals-against per game in her 23 appearances with the Women of Troy nament, finishing fourth with a 19-8 overall record that improved Vavic’s overall career this year as they now head into the NCAA Tournament. During MPSF matches, Bolonyai averaged 9.1 saves. record on the women’s side to 390-125 (.757) as he now enters his 18th season as the USC’s At the other end of the pool, sophomore Kaleigh Gilchrist has shouldered the bulk of the load at two-meters women’s head coach. and has a team-high 43 goals to show for it, including 11 in MPSF regular-season matches. In all, she’s scored In his 15th season at the helm of the men’s program, Vavic guided the Trojans to their sec- in 21 games this year with 11 multiple-goal efforts including a pair of five-goal performances so far. ond straight national championship in winning the 2009 NCAA men’s title. Soon after, Vavic was named the National Men’s Coach of the Year, and he would see his Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, DOMINIQUE SARDO & COLLEEN O’DONNELL: All-MPSF Honorable Mention as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back- to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award USC junior Dominique Sardo is one of a pair of Trojans on the 2012 All-MPSF Honorable Mention list, hav- winners following the USC women’s run to the ing taken responsibility for the majority of opening sprints for USC while also keying a stingy USC defense. 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic Offensively, the driver has served up 21 goals to date to run her career total up to 60 as she helps USC to and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Sardo is the only one on this year’s MPSF honors list who was in the pool for funded, Vavic’s record is 325-58 (.849), in- USC’s 2010 National Championship, won in her freshman season at Troy. Rounding out USC’s 2012 class cluding eight consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic of honorees is sophomore Colleen O’Donnell, whose all-around efforts and strengths at both ends of the was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 pool have landed her All-MPSF Honorable Mention as well. O’Donnell has increased her offensive production women’s team won the national championship sevenfold from her first year at Troy, having racked up 21 goals for the Trojans this season to date, including and became the first team in NCAA Champion- ship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, eight scored in MPSF regular-season matches. 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Divi- sion II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Col- legiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC 2012 Collegiate Top 20 won the national championship, and Vavic was (Week 15 - May 2) 2012 PRESEASON POLLS named the National Coach of the Year and the School Last Pts MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad 1. UCLA 2t 99 National added another strong showing, finishing sec- 2. Stanford 1 96 1. Stanford 100 ond nationally. 3. USC 2t 91 2. California 94 Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant 3t. USC 89 men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams 4. California 4 85 as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the 5. Arizona State 5 80 3t. UCLA 89 5. San Jose State 76 men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. 6. UC Irvine 6 75 MPSF Coaches In 17 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s 7. Loyola Marymount 7 69 6. UC Irvine 73 Rank Team Points 7. Arizona State 69 program, Vavic has improved his career coach- 8. San Diego State 8 64 1. Stanford 49 (7) ing record on the men’s side to 391-64(.859) 9. San Jose 9 56 8. San Diego State 59 with national championships won in 1998, 10. Princeton 13 53 2. California 39 (1) 9. Hawaii 52 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. 11. UC Davis 10t 52 3. USC 35 10. Indiana 51 Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 12. Maryland 14 47 4. UCLA 34 11. Loyola Marymount 47 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at 12. Michigan 45 UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons 13. Michigan 10t 39 5. Arizona State 27 14. Indiana 12 31 13. Hartwick 39 (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, 15. Hawaii 15t 28 6. San Jose State 18 14. Long Beach State 33 where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated 16. UC Santa Barbara 15t 21 7. San Diego State 15 15. UC San Diego 32 league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served 17. Hartwick 17 19 8. Hawaii 7 16. UC Davis 29 as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 17. UC Santa Barbara 19 World University Games, and was the head 18. Cal State Northridge 19 16 coach of the team in 2003. 19. Cal Baptist 18 13 18. Princeton 18 19. Cal State Northridge 16 Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a 20t. Brown RV 9 bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, 20t. Iona 20 9 20. Maryland 10 Lisa, have four children. 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
2012 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (21-5 overall • 5-2 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Stanford Invitational Feb. 4 ^#5 San Jose State W 14-6 Silvers 3, N. McCall 2, Sardo 2, Vavic, Daube, Dan, Bolonyai 6, Hiller, Jancso, Gilchrist, Fletcher. Vickers 0 ^#1 Stanford L 8-7 Daube 2, Gilchrist, Jancso, N. McCall, O’Donnell, Silvers. Bolonyai 7 Feb. 5 ^#14 UC Davis W 13-6 Gilchrist 2, Jancso 2, Silvers 2, Vavic 2, Caron, Dan, Bolonyai 3, N. McCall, O’Donnell, Rosenthal. Vickers 0 ^#2 California W 10-5 Gilchrist 3, Vavic 2, Dan, Jancso, N. McCall, Bolonyai 7 O’Donnell, Rosenthal. Lancer Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) Feb. 17 @Pacific W 14-2 Fletcher 4, N. McCall 3, Gilchrist 2, Jancso 2, Vavic, Bolonyai 9 Cummins, C. McCall. @Fresno Pacific W 27-1 Huse 4, Cummins 3, Fletcher 3, Daube 2, Jancso 2, Vickers 5 Silvers 2, Green 2, O’Donnell, N. McCall, Sardo, Vavic, Stiefel, Hiller, Gilchrist, Caron, C. McCall. Feb. 18 @Cal Baptist W 12-3 Gilchrist 4, Dan 3, Stiefel 2, Sardo, Huse, Moody. Bolonyai 5 @Concordia W 18-6 Dan 3, Huse 3, Cummins 3, Vavic 2, O’Donnell, Sardo, Vickers 6 Daube, Stiefel, Gilchrist, Caron, Fletcher. Feb. 23 #6 HAWAI’I * W 12-6 Vavic 4, Daube 2, Dan, Jancso, Fletcher, O’Donnell, Bolonyai 5, Gilchrist, Stiefel. Vickers 0 UCI Invitational Feb. 25 %#20 Long Beach State W 11-3 Vavic 3, N. McCall 2, Dan 2, Sardo 2, Gilchrist, Jancso. Bolonyai 5, Vickers 4 %#10 LMU W 8-6 Dan 2, Vavic 2, Gilchrist, Silvers, Jancso, O’Donnell. Bolonyai 10 Feb. 26 %#3 UCLA L 8-7 N. McCall 2, Jancso, O’Donnell, Daube, Dan, Sardo. Bolonyai 3 %#4 California W 9-6 Sardo 3, Jancso 2, Dan, Gilchrist, Vavic, Moody. Bolonyai 9 March 3 #1 UCLA * L 6-5 Gilchrist 2, Vavic 2, Dan. Bolonyai 10 March 9 #6 SAN DIEGO STATE * W 13-5 O’Donnell 2, Hiller 2, Gilchrist 2, Vavic 2, Rosenthal, Bolonyai 6, Cummins, Stiefel, Silvers, Jancso. Vickers 3 March 22 LONG BEACH STATE W 7-3 O’Donnell, Vavic, Sardo, Silvers, Moody, Dan, Jancso. Bolonyai 10 March 24 at #4 Arizona State * W 9-7 Rosenthal, Gilchrist, Sardo, Silvers, Daube, Jancso, Bolonyai 13 Vavic, Dan, Moody. March 25 #7 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W 10-6 Gilchrist 5, Sardo, Dan, Silvers, O’Donnell, Jancso. Bolonyai 6 March 28 #19 HARTWICK W 19-5 Jancso 4, Silvers 3, Gilchrist 3, Rosenthal 2, Sardo, Bolonyai 4, Vavic, Dan, Moody, Stiefel, Caron, O’Donnell. Vickers 3 March 31 #5 CALIFORNIA * W 10-7 Sardo 3, Gilchrist 2, O’Donnell 2, N. McCall, Bolonyai 10, Vavic, Silvers. Vickers 1 April 6 at #8 San Jose State * W 8-5 Gilchrist 2, O’Donnell, N. McCall, Sardo, Rosenthal, Bolonyai 10 Vavic, Dan. April 7 at #2 Stanford * L 9-8 (ot) Rosenthal 3, N. McCall 2, O’Donnell 2, Gilchrist. Bolonyai 10 April 20 CSU BAKERSFIELD W 23-5 Gilchrist 5, Hiller 3, Dan 2, Vavic 2, N. McCall 2, Vickers 8 Caron 2, Sardo, Rosenthal, O’Donnell, Jancso, Silvers, Stiefel, Fletcher. MPSF Tournament (Stanford, Calif.) April 27 $[6]San Jose State W 8-1 Jancso 2, Vavic 2, O’Donnell, N. McCall, Sardo, Moody. Bolonyai 12, Vickers 1 April 28 $[2] UCLA L 4-3 Vavic, Dan, Jancso. Bolonyai 10 April 29 $[5] California W 6-4 O’Donnell, Gilchrist, Jancso, Vavic, Silvers, N. McCall. Bolonyai 10 NCAA Tournament (Aztec Aquaplex • San Diego, Calif.) May 11 ![6] Princeton 1:45 p.m. May 12 ![2] UCLA / [7] Iona TBA May 13 !TBD TBA Player Goals * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at McDonald’s Swim Stadium Games Mult-Goal Total Kaleigh Gilchrist 43 ^ Stanford Invitational — Hosted by Stanford Player Scored in Games Goals @ Lancer Invitational — Hosted by Cal Baptist Kaleigh Gilchrist 22 11 43 Monica Vavic 34 % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Patricia Jancso 28 $ MPSF Tournament — Hosted by Stanford Monica Vavic 21 10 34 Nadia Dan 25 ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by San Diego State Patricia Jancso 20 6 28 Dominique Sardo 21 Nadia Dan 18 5 25 Nicolina McCall 21 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Colleen O’Donnell 18 3 21 Colleen O’Donnell 21 Flora Bolonyai 23 / 86 180 8.4 110 5.1 Dominique Sardo 15 4 21 Chelsea Silvers 19 Nicolina McCall 14 6 21 Savannah Fletcher 11 Morgan Vickers 11 / 21 31 5.9 23 4.4 Chelsea Silvers 13 4 19 Madeline Rosenthal 11 Totals 26 games 211 8.1 133 5.1 Maddy Rosenthal 8 2 11 Eike Daube 10 Eike Daube 7 3 10 Olivia Cummins 8 Jennifer Stiefel 7 1 8 Kara-Leigh Huse 8 Savannah Fletcher 6 2 11 Jennifer Stiefel 8 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Blair Moody 6 0 6 Constance Hiller 7 USC 74 84 80 52 1 0 - - 291 11.2 Michelle Caron 5 1 6 Michelle Caron 6 Olivia Cummins 4 2 8 Blair Moody 6 Opponents 31 36 25 39 2 0 - - 133 5.1 Constance Hiller 4 2 7 Hannah Green 2 Kara-Leigh Huse 3 2 8 Colleen McCall 2 Colleen McCall 2 0 2 TOTAL 291 Hannah Green 1 1 2 USC • U SC 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS---4/30/12 INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1 Alicia Brightwell SR ASU 27 75 2.78 2 Amarens Genee JR Hawaii 25 57 2.28 3 Kiley Neushul FR Stanford 25 55 2.20 4 KK Clark SR UCLA 24 51 2.13 5 Amber Pezzolla JR SDSU 32 65 2.03 6 Breda Vosters JR CAL 25 49 1.96 6 Ashley Grossman FR Stanford 24 47 1.96 8 Meaghan Poland SR SDSU 33 63 1.91 9 Anna Natalizio JR SJSU 32 60 1.88 9 Dani Curran SR SJSU 32 60 1.88 11 Kaleigh Gilchrist SO USC 26 43 1.65 11 Mariam Salloum SO ASU 31 51 1.65 13 Pallavi Menon SR Stanford 15 24 1.60 14 Shannon Haas JR ASU 31 47 1.52 14 Anna Kertes FR ASU 31 47 1.52 14 Leanne Ford SR SDSU 33 50 1.52 17 Annabelle Carter SR ASU 31 46 1.48 18 Monica Vavic FR USC 26 34 1.31 19 Alyssa Lo SR Stanford 25 32 1.28 20 Kaley Dodson SO Stanford 25 29 1.16 21 Cassie Churnside FR Stanford 23 26 1.13 21 Katie Buzzetta SR SJSU 32 36 1.13 23 Ao Gao FR ASU 19 21 1.11 24 Anique Hermann FR SDSU 33 36 1.09 25 Becca Dorst SO UCLA 24 26 1.08 25 Kaitlyn Lo SO Stanford 25 27 1.08 25 Patricia Jancso JR USC 26 28 1.08
GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 1 Kelly Campoli SR SDSU 31.5 378 12.00 2 Kate Baldoni JR Stanford 19 192 10.11 3 Caitlin Dement SR UCLA 23.25 226 9.72 4 Ianeta Hutchinson SO ASU 31 282 9.10 5 Meagan Minson SR SJSU 24.5 212 8.65 6 Flora Bolonyai SO USC 21.25 180 8.47 7 Lindsay Dorst JR CAL 21.5 167 7.77 8 Serena Reid SO Hawaii 23.5 180 7.66 SPORTS UPDATE
Immediate Release: April 30, 2012 Contact: Darren Preston
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CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK 1. Stanford (1) 7 0 1.000 4-0 3-0 23 2 .920 12-1 5-0 6-1 Lost 1 2. & UCLA (2) 5 2 .714 2-1 3-1 21 3 .875 3-1 7-2 11-0 Won 3 2. USC (3) 5 2. .714 3-1 2-1 21 5 .808 7-1 3-2 11-2 Won 1 4. Arizona State (4) 4 3 .571 3-1 1-2 25 6 .806 4-1 3-2 18-3 Won 2 4. California (5) 4 3 .571 3-0 1-3 18 9 .667 8-0 1-4 9-5 Lost 2 6. San Jose State (6) 2 5 .286 1-3 1-2 19 13 .581 4-3 3-4 12-6 Won 1 7. San Diego State (7) 1 6 .143 1-2 0-4 22 11 .667 8-2 4-5 10-4 Lost 1 8. Hawaii (8) 0 7 .000 0-3 0-4 10 15 .400 0-3 1-5 9-7 Lost 3 & UCLA MPSF Champion determined at MPSF Tournament, April 27-29 at Stanford… ( ) =Tournament Seeding
MPSF2012 WOMEN'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WATER POLO STATISTICS---4/30/122012 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUALHost: San Diego STATS State University Host: Stanford University GOALS-AGAINSTGOALSAztec Aquaplex; *MustSan*Must Diego, Appear Appear CA In In 30 50 % % of of Team TeamAvery Quarters Games Aquatic Center; Palo Alto, CA ATHLETEATHLETE May 11-13,Y YEAR2012EAR SCHOOL SCHOOL QUARTERS GAMESApril GOALS27-29, GA 2012 GOALS/GAME GAA 11 KateAhttp://goaztecs.cstv.com/genrel/2012-WP-licia Baldoni Brightwell JRSR StanfordASU http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-7827 9075 4.622.78 NCAACHAMP.html 22 FloraAmarens Bolonyai GeneeSO JR HawaiiUSC wpolo/spec-rel/2012-mpsf-championships.html8625 11057 5.122.28 33 Caitlin Kiley NeushulDement SRFR Stanford UCLA 93.525 12255 5.22 Friday, May 11 2.20 4 Ianeta Hutchinson SO ASU Friday, April124 27 211 4Game KK 1: Clark #2 Seed UCLA vs. #7 Seed IonaSR 12:00pm UCLA Game 1: #124 Seed Stanford 13,51 #8 Seed Hawaii 6.8132.13 55Game KellyAmber 2: #3Campoli SeedPezzolla USC vs. #6 Seed PrincetonSRJR 1:45pm SDSU SDSU Game 2: #212632 Seed UCLA 9, #7 222 65Seed San Diego 7.05State2.03 5 66Game Lindsay Breda 3: #1 VostersSeed Dorst Stanford vs. #8 SeedJRJR Pomona 3:30pm CAL CAL Game 3: #38625 Seed USC 8, #6 153 Seed49 San Jose State7.121.96 1 76Game SerenaAshley 4: #4 SeedReidGrossman UC Irvine vs. #5 SeedSO FR LMU 5:15pm StanfordHawaii Game 4: #594.524 Seed California 18813,47 #4 Seed Arizona7.961.96 State 12 (OT) 88 Meagan Meaghan Minson Poland SR SR SJSU SDSU 98.2533 20663 8.391.91 9Saturday,Anna Natalizio May 12 JR SJSU Saturday,32 April 28 60 1.88 9Game Dani 5: Loser Curran Game 1 vs. Loser GameSR 2 12:00 SJSU pm Game 5: #432 Arizona State 7, #860 Hawaii 6 1.88 Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 1:45pm 11 Kaleigh Gilchrist SO USC Game 6: #726 San Diego State 11,43 #6 San Jose State1.65 8 GameTEAM 7: Winner STATS Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 3:30pm 11 Mariam Salloum SO ASU Game 7: #131 Stanford 12, # 5 California51 5 1.65 GameTEAM 8: Winner GOALS Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 5:15pm Game 8 #2 UCLA 4, # 3 USC 3 13 Pallavi MenonTEAM GAMESSR GOALS Stanford SCORED GOALS/GAME15 24 1.60 14 Shannon Haas JR ASU 31 47 1.52 1Sunday, May Stanford 13 25 307 Sunday,12.28 April 29 214GameAnna 9: LoserA rizonaKertes Game State 5 vs. Loser Game 31FR 6 12:00 376A pmSU Game 9: 12.13 #631 San Jose State 9,47 # 8 Hawaii 8 (OT)1.52 (7th Place) 314Game Leanne 10: Winner Ford USC Game 5 vs. Winner 26GameSR 6 1:45pm SDSU 291 Game 10:11.19 #433 Arizona State 12,50 #7 SDSU 11 (5th 1.52Place) 417GameAnnabelle 11: San Loser Diego GameCarter State 7 vs. Loser Game 33 SR 8 3:30pm 320ASU Game 11:9.70 #331 USC 6, #5 California46 4 (3rd Place) 1.48 18Game Monica 12: Winner Vavic Game 7 vs. Winner GameFR 8 5:15pm USC Game 12: #226 UCLA 8, #1 Stanford34 7 (OT) (Championship)1.31 5 San Jose State 32 297 9.28 USC Career Scoring Leaders 619 Alyssa California Lo 27SR Stanford 245 9.0725 32 1.28 1. Aniko Pelle...... 1999-02...... 255 720 Kaley Dodson UCLA 24SO Stanford 187 25 29 1.16 7.79 2. Sofia Konoukh...... 2001-03...... 224 821 Cassie Churnside Hawaii 25 FR Stanford 176 7.0423 26 1.13 21 Katie Buzzetta SR SJSU 32 3. 36Moriah Van Norman1.13.... 2003-06...... 215 4. Nina Wengst...... 1999-02...... 213 23TEAMAo Gao DEFENSE FR ASU 19 21 1.11 24 Anique Hermann FR SDSU 33 5. 36Brittany Hayes...... 1.092004-07...... 209 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 6. Katrin Dierolf...... 2000-03...... 204 25 Becca Dorst SO UCLA 1 24 26 1.08 1 Stanford 25 118 4.72 7. Michelle Stein...... 2006-09...... 170 25 Kaitlyn Lo SO Stanford 25 27 1.08 2 USC 26 133 5.12 8. Kami Craig...... 2006-10...... 152 25 Patricia Jancso JR USC 26 28 1.08 3 UCLA 24 127 5.29 9. Christina McCall...... 1995-97...... 142 4 California 27 183 6.78 Alexandra Kiss...... 2007-10 5 GOALKEEPERArizona State SAVES 31*Must 211Appear In 30 % of6.81 Team Quarters10. Erika Figge...... 2004-07...... 137 6ATHLETE San Diego StateY 33EAR SCHOOL 234 GAMES7.09 SAVES11. Joelle Bekhazi SAVES/GAME...... 2009-11...... 135 71 Kelly Campoli Hawaii 25SR SDSU 202 8.0831.512. 378 Lauren Wenger...... 12.002003-06...... 127 82 Kate San Baldoni Jose State 32JR Stanford 268 8.381913. 192 Jennifer Durley...... 10.111998-01...... 122 3 Caitlin Dement SR UCLA 23.2514. 226 Kristen Dronberger9.72.... 2008-11...... 120 4 Ianeta Hutchinson SO ASU 3115. 282 Patricia Jancso...... 9.102010-present.118 5 Meagan Minson SR SJSU 24.516. 212 Sandra Milicev...... 8.651999-02...... 116 6 Flora Bolonyai SO USC 21.2517. 180 Eszter Gyori...... 8.472002-05...... 115 7 Lindsay Dorst JR CAL 21.518. 167 Kally Lucas...... 7.772007-10...... 113 8 Serena Reid SO Hawaii 23.519. 180 Nadia Dan...... 7.662009-present.107 20. Veronika Bartunkova.2005-08...... 106 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 20102012 University UniversiTy of of Southern SouThern California California WOMen’sMen’s Water WaTer Polo Polo
2012 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster
# NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 1 Flora Bolonyai 5-11 Goalie SO Budapest, Hungary (Elte Trefort Agoston HS) 1 Morgan Vickers 5-7 Goalie SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS/UC Irvine) 2 Colleen O’Donnell 5-10 2-Meter SO Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 3 Nicolina McCall 5-8 2-Meter JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 4 Dominique Sardo 5-6 Driver JR San Diego, Calif. (Bishop’s School) 5 Madeline Rosenthal 5-11 2-Meter SO Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 6 Monica Vavic 5-8 Driver FR Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 7 Eike Daube 5-11 2-Meter FR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 8 Jennifer Stiefel 5-8 Driver SO Esslingen, Germany (San Clemente HS) 9 Nadia Dan 5-9 Driver SR La Cañada, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS) 10 Kara-Leigh Huse 5-10 Utility SR Pasadena, Calif. (La Salle HS) 11 Constance Hiller 5-9 Driver JR Atherton, Calif. (Woodside Priory School) 12 Patricia Jancso 5-11 2-Meter JR Budapest, Hungary (Elte Trefort Agoston HS) 13 Olivia Cummins 5-8 Driver SO Tustin, Calif. (Foothill HS/UC Irvine) 14 Chelsea Silvers 5-8 Driver JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 15 Kaleigh Gilchrist 5-9 2-Meter SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 16 Blair Moody 5-7 Driver JR Sacramento, Calif. (Rio Americano HS) 17 Michelle Caron 5-9 Driver FR Montreal, Quebec (Miramonte HS) 18 Savannah Fletcher 5-6 Driver FR Malibu, Calif. (Agoura HS) 19 Colleen McCall 5-5 Driver SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 20 Hannah Green 5-5 Driver FR Coronado, Calif. (Coronado HS) 21 Sara Salamon 5-6 Driver FR Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Poly HS)
Head coach: Jovan Vavic Head assistant coach: Marko Pintaric Assistant coaches: Casey Moon, Stefan Luedecke Volunteer assistants: Ivan Ivovic, Ana Milicev
PRONUNCIATIONS #1 Flora Bolonyai – bo-lone-YAI #7 Eike Daube – EYE-kah doe-BAY #8 Jennifer Stiefel – SHTEE-full #10 Kara-Leigh Huse – CAR-lee #12 Patricia Jancso – pah-TREE-sha YAN-cho #15 Kaleigh Gilchrist – KAY-lee GILL-krist #17 Michelle Caron – CARE-on Jovan Vavic – YO-von VAH-vitch